My friend Tori shared this great idea with our Relief Society {church women’s organization} last week and I loved it. So, I came up with my own batch of eggs for a …
Just gather together these supplies:
12 plastic eggs
a sharpie {or if you’re really fancy – which I’m not – some cut vinyl numbers}
paper, pen, scissors
list of trinkets below – all of which are easily found around your house
I googled “12 days of Easter” to get my list. It ended up being a little different than Tori’s. There are several variations on the first page of the google search. So search there if you don’t like my list.
I used a list similar to this one from Mom Always Finds Out – HERE.
Write the scripture references on a piece paper then cut into 12 strips. I also included a short sentence summarizing the scriptures but that’s not totally necessary.
Tuck the paper strip and the gift/trinket listed in parentheses into each egg.
Number the eggs.
And pile them in a pretty little basket.
Take one egg out each night in succession, look up the scripture in your Bible, and let your children hold the trinket and learn hands-on more about the Savior. This is such a great way to help children learn the true meaning of why we celebrate Easter, and a really good reminder for us adults too. :)
This is lovely! I wish I had the supplies to make it this week!
I am definitely going to make this a family Easter tradition in the years to come!
I don’t mind since I got it from someone else! However I wished I looked up the scripture earlier!! I must say I just love how you photograph everything, I’m still in the learning phases but I continue to love the ‘eye candy’ your blog produces! :)
What a lovely concept! I must do this!!! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I am sold on the idea, it really puts the TRUE focus of easter where it should be. Thanks!!!
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We have these! My Aunt gave them as a gift to us and we love to get it out each Easter!
What a wonderful idea. I’m going to try to gather this all up today. Thanks for the great idea!
Love the photos. Even sparked an idea for a possible celebrating colors idea :)
Taylor
What a super idea-i’m all over this one. Thanks for sharing
We do this every year for Easter and LOVE it! It is such a nice way to celebrate the holiday.
This is a great idea. Even though it's too late for the 12 days, I'm still making a set and will probably do it sometime this weekend.
I did this as our Easter lesson for my Young Women, and it was wonderful!
Hi there! I love this idea! Thank you, I will be sharing it with our RS Sisters as an idea for FHE (hope that's OK?! ) I noticed your banner for Josh and Elise's adoption… I grew up with Josh. His little sister is my best and oldest friend. What a small world!! Please email me. sjmurrayfamily at gmail dot come
Thank you for this idea!! I had no clue how to bring this subject down to my 3 year old's level! Hope you don't mind I borrowed the idea and shared it on my ward's RS page (rsvaldosta2nd.blogspot.com).
Love your site!!
Yeah, incorporating this into sharing time!
Thanks for sharing this. I started last night with my 3 year old and he loved it!
Thank you for sharing this lesson idea! I wanted to teach something like this for sharing time and came across your lesson via google while looking up ideas to put my lesson together. Your lesson is great!
The blog linked (Ordinary Mom) is marked private, so I am not allowed to see it. Any way you can share the list?
What a bummer! I didn’t realize she went private. I put in a link to another site that is pretty similar. Thanks for letting me know!
Thank you so much for sharing this! It’s a great way to teach our kids about the real meaning of Easter. I love it so much that I included your post in a list of 7 Ways to Teach Kids About Easter. You can read it here: http://leslieannjones.com/blog/2014/04/08/7-ways-to-teach-kids-about-easter/
Thanks again for sharing!
Best,
Leslie Ann